By Lim Lynn

I am formed when the Pacific and Indian plates collide (into one another),
after an earthquake occurs off the coast of Sumatra
I get my strength from natural disaster
Steady and slowly I build up my force
to become a giant killer wave.

In the process of becoming a giant wave
I give warning to humans before I get out of control
Sending bubble sign and sucking stretches of beach dry
I am proud to be a mighty and majestic wave, I roar like a lion
Waves as tall as one hundred and twenty feet
and my speed sends breathlessness to anyone
just use your five senses to feel the experience
how fast I can be
800 km per hour

The speed of a racer?
Well, Michael Schumacher can't even give a thought to it
for he can't win against me
because it is beyond mere human imagination
the fastest they can with technology
will never ever beat me
for God has created me with special abilities
unstoppable
by nothing, nothing at all.

As I approach the nearest beach or land, rushing across the land
I start to uproot trees and smash buildings
Swallowing everything that cross my path
and I recede only to come again without a second warning
sucking up victims and swallowing up the pitiful remnant
I climb up buildings and drive violently over the face of the earth.

No, please do not curse me
I am not evil
I do not choose to terminate
You humans just happened to be in my way.
I too have a soft spot in my heart
but too late as the tears I shed
kill and destroy innocent lives.
I can't control myself and my actions cause humans to lose everything
even their lives
Those who consider themselves lucky
Are left bereft of belongings, just themselves

Some survive with
fruit and contaminated water,
some survive in an open sea for a week or more

Many are the facilities destroyed by me.
I have contaminated the sources of water
with excessive salt mixed with sand,
The salty water drive men mad with thirst
from hypernatraemia.
Water mixed with carcases filled with disease
Weaken survivors already wearied by their ordeal.

Fear-filled people read my destruction
as punishment for their wicked ways.
Nay, I was sent by God for a purpose
to give reminder to the human race
not just to Indonesia, Siam or the Indian subcontinent
but to the whole wide world
To wake them with a shout
from their ignorant slumber
With a wakeup call

Nature is not safe, cosy or warm
Not to be ignored by humans
too busy chasing golden dreams
That the world is God’s and not mankind’s
That we build up thing and are in control
but only in our vain daydreams.
We ignore nature’s warnings to our own hurt.

Mankind has learned its lesson now
They had been careless even when I give them enough time to
run to seek shelter
Now they watch for signs from the tides
Running drills and taking precaution
Now seeing their lives in danger!
In danger from living in a real and dangerous world.

Submitted By alan

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